Andrew Nicol (judge)

For the rugby player, see Andy Nicol.
The Hon. Mr Justice Nicol

High Court Judge
Assumed office
2009
Personal details
Born (1951-05-09) 9 May 1951
Alma mater Selwyn College, Cambridge
Harvard Law School

Sir Andrew George Lindsay Nicol (born 9 May 1951), styled The Hon. Mr Justice Nicol, is a judge of the High Court of England and Wales.

He was educated at City of London Freemen's School, Selwyn College, Cambridge and Harvard Law School (LLM).[1]

He was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1978 and became a bencher there in 2004. He was made a QC in 1995, deputy judge of the High Court from 2003 to 2009, and judge of the High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division) since 2009.

He co-wrote Media Law with Geoffrey Robertson.[2]

On 5 November 2013, he sentenced Mr. David Sellu, a consultant surgeon to 2.5 year imprisonment for Manslaughter, this was later quashed in the court of appeal; and it was reported that he "failed to tell the jury how only truly exceptional negligence could rank as manslaughter". [3]

Personal life

He is married to Camilla Palmer QC, and has two sons.

References

  1. ‘NICOL, Hon. Sir Andrew (George Lindsay)’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
  2. Cohen, Nick. "Secret justice will lead to paranoia – and it's not very British". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  3. (PDF) https://www.judiciary.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/JCO/Documents/Judgments/r-v-sellu-sentencing-remarks.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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